{
  "place_id": "ruska-poliana#7745_11773",
  "wikidata": "Q4400431",
  "country": "UA",
  "local_name": "Руська Поляна",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Ruska Poliana",
      "why": "Current Ukrainian name in the national romanization adopted in 2010, recommended by the UN in 2012 and adopted by BGN/PCGN in 2019.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Ruska Polyana",
          "why": "Older Ukrainian-based spelling with ya for я."
        },
        {
          "name": "Russkaya Polyana",
          "why": "Russian-based Latin form for matching historical or multilingual sources; English prose frequency is not established. Not an official renaming."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rus’ka Polyana",
          "why": "BGN/PCGN Ukrainian romanization (1965); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rusʹka Polâna",
          "why": "ISO 9:1995 character transliteration; standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Rusʹka Poli͡ana",
          "why": "ALA-LC Ukrainian romanization (2011 table); standard-derived retrieval form. Actual English textual use is unverified; not an asserted established exonym."
        },
        {
          "name": "Руська Поляна",
          "why": "Original Ukrainian spelling for matching local maps, addresses and source titles quoted in English."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Ruska Poliana",
      "why": "Same form as in English; retained for French readers because a separate established French name has not been verified.",
      "alternatives": []
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Ruska Poliana is a large village west of Cherkasy in central Ukraine. It lies beside the extensive pine forests on the sandy terraces of the Dnipro valley.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "Supplied village identity matches Ruska Poliana near Cherkasy. No independently established French adaptation verified; the national Ukrainian Latin form is retained. Standard-derived alternatives are retrieval aids, not claims of press frequency. Independent French reference attestation is limited; the main is an editorial choice. Reference pages checked 2026-11-15: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4400431 ; https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Руська_Поляна_(Україна).",
  "rank": 1175,
  "slug": "ruska-poliana"
}